Washing machine brand reliability

I wanted to buy a washing machine that has only two things:
1) Works
2) Cheap

It's actually not easy, because cheap washing machines fail a lot. And so do expensive ones! There's no use for features when the device doesn't work...

I believe that generally companies either produce qualitative product or crap. It's all about brand names and factories. So I googled to find which washing machine brands are the most reliable. Example queries:
"worst washing machines"
"washing machine worst brands"
etc.

Whenever some site had a strong opinion about a brand, I put a plus or a minus for the brand. Whenever it had strong opinions about multiple models of the same brand name, same thing.

AEG            +++
Ardo
Ariston
Atlant
Baumatic       -
Beko           -
Blomberg
Bosch          +++++-++
Brandt
Candy
Cda            -
Creda
Daewoo
Dyson          ---
Electrolux     +
Fagor
Frigidaire     -
GE             +--
Gorenje        +
Haier          -
Hansa
Hoover         -----
Hotpoint       -+------
IFB            +
Indesit        --+-
Kaiser
Kenmore        ++--
LG             ++---
Mastercook
Matsui         -
Maytag         ++----
Miele          ++++++++
Neff           +
Onida          -
Philco         -
RCA            -
Samsung        ---
Servis         ---
Siemens        +++
Taurus
Tecnik         -
Tricity Bendix +
Videocon       +
Whirlpool      ++-++---
Zanussi        ++++-+

The "who owns who" game... Quality reviews for a 3 year old washing machines don't neccessarily represent current quality. I didn't keep track of dates (though ignored the "have it for >5 years" reviews), so I'll pretend all reviews are for recent models.

Current situation:
Electrolux brand names: AEG, Electrolux, Frigidaire, Kenmore, Tricity Bendix, Zanussi
Whirlpool brand names: Kenmore, Maytag, Whirlpool
Candy brand names: Candy, Hoover
Indesit brand names: Ariston, Hotpoint, Indesit
GE brand names: GE, Hotpoint, RCA
Arcelik brand names: Beko, Blomberg
Fagor brand names: Brandt, Fagor, Mastercook
BSH brand names: Bosch, Neff, Siemens

Popular brands grouped by owners:

Miele

          ++++++++

Bosch

          +++++-++

Siemens

        +++

Neff

           +

Electrolux

     +

AEG

            +++

Zanussi

        ++++-+
Kenmore        ++--
Tricity Bendix +
Frigidaire     -

Whirlpool      ++-++---
Kenmore        ++--
Maytag         ++----

LG             ++---

Indesit        --+-
Hotpoint       -+------

GE             +--
Hotpoint       -+------
RCA            -

Dyson          ---

Samsung        ---

Servis         ---

(Candy)
Hoover         -----

Miele is the most reliable, noone seems to even doubt it. Bosch-Siemens group follows. Hoover is the worst brand. Lack of positive reviews for Samsung surprises me. All else is visible in the list above. And, no, there is no conclusion.